Anti-Maduro Political GarbagePino Arlacch is a former UN Deputy Secretary and Executive Director of the UN's anti-drug program, UNODC (1997-2002). He is presently a Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy. The news of the accusation against President Maduro and members of his government of drug trafficking has left me speechless. I have seen many things but watching the persecution against Venezuela, I honestly did not think that the criminal association in power in the United States would go this far. After stealing $5 billion of Venezuela's financial resources deposited in banks in 15 countries. After establishing a blockade of the entire country's economy through atrocious sanctions, with the objective of hitting the civilian population to push them to rebel (unsuccessfully) against their government. And after a couple of failed coup attempts, here is the final shot, the most infamous slander. The coup is so out of proportion that I don't think it has any relevant consequences. Neither the United Nations, nor the European Union, nor the majority of the states on the planet that voted in favour of Venezuela's current executive and its president during the UN General Assembly last September will give the least weight to this episode of asymmetrical warfare. Nothing will happen because there is not the slightest evidence to support the slander that Venezuela has flooded the United States with cocaine in recent years. I have also been puzzled because I have been dealing with anti-drugs for 40 years, and Venezuela has never crossed my path. Before, during and after my position as Executive Director of UNODC (1997-2002), the UN's anti-drug program, I have never had the opportunity to visit that country because Venezuela has always been outside the main cocaine trafficking circuits: between Colombia, the main country, the producer, and the United States, the main consumer. Except in the sick fantasy of Trump and his associates, there is no illegal narcotics trade between Venezuela and the United States. One need only consult the two most important sources on the subject, the latest UNODC report on drugs[1] and the latest document from the DEA, the U.S. drug police, dated December 2019.[2] According to the latter, 90 per cent of the cocaine introduced into the U.S. comes from Colombia, 6 percent from Peru and the rest from unknown origins. You can be sure that if any scent of Venezuela existed in that remaining 4 percent, it would not have gone unnoticed. But it is the UN report that provides the most detailed picture, mentioning Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador as the places of transit of drugs to the United States. And the DEA assessment cites the famous Mexican narcos as the major suppliers to the U.S. market. There is no trace of Venezuela on either page of the two documents. And in no other material from U.S. anti-crime agencies in the last 15 years (I know the subject very well) is there any mention of facts that might indirectly lead to the accusations being made against the legitimate president of Venezuela and against his government. Therefore, it is exclusively political garbage, which I hope will be treated as such outside of the U.S. political media system. Notes2. National Drug Threat Assessment 2019. (TelesurTV, July 12, 2020. Translated from original Spanish by TML.)
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